CVE-2020-8231
curl - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
Description
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
How to fix CVE-2020-8231
To remediate CVE-2020-8231, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.66.0-r2 or later
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.72.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 7.52.1-5+deb9u12 or later
Is CVE-2020-8231 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7.66.0-r2
- from 0, < 7.72.0-1
- from 0, < 7.52.1-5+deb9u12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |